West Virginia Code 31D-16-1603 – Scope of inspection right
(a) A shareholder's agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the shareholder represented.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 31D-16-1603
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Shareholder: means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation. See West Virginia Code 31D-1-150
(b) The right to copy records under section one thousand six hundred two of this article includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies by xerographic or other means, including copies through an electronic transmission if available and requested by the shareholder.
(c) The corporation may comply at its expense with a shareholder's demand to inspect the record of shareholders under subdivision (3), subsection (b), section one thousand six hundred two of this article by providing the shareholder with a list of shareholders that was compiled no earlier than the date of the shareholder's demand.
(d) The corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the shareholder. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production, reproduction or transmission of the records.